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The co-founders of Plural, from left to right: Ian Hogarth, Sten Tamkivi, Khaled Helioui and Taavet Hinrikus.

European entrepreneurs launch €250 million fund for tech start-ups

Learners put on mixed reality headsets and are immersed in a lifelike training scenario, overlaid onto their physical environment.

‘Hologram patients’ help train UK medical students in world first

Image shows Omar Wael, 13, demonstrating the sensory glove that he has built for the metaverse he is creating.

This Egyptian teen is building a metaverse using his mum’s old clothes

Protesters fill the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

Big Tech asked to protect user data from US state abortion prosecution

A bridge is a protocol that allows users to “bridge” or move assets such as cryptocurrencies, tokens and NFTs across different blockchains. It works by locking a transaction.

Another major crypto hack in US raises questions over DeFi security

Instagram are testing two new ways to verify a user's age on the platform.

Video selfies tested as a new way to verify users' age on Instagram

Musicians demonstrate Embodme's MIDI controller at the Vivatech conference in Paris.

The French start-up revolutionising music production through deep tech

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Tesla closes an office as layoff hits Autopilot jobs, including hourly ones

Tesla closes an office as layoff hits Autopilot jobs, including hourly ones

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Apple’s China Engineers Keep Products Flowing as Covid Shuts Out U.S. Staff

Apple’s China Engineers Keep Products Flowing as Covid Shuts Out U.S. Staff

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An attendee tries out a Meta virtual reality headset during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on May 15, 2022.

Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body without Apple

22/06/2022

Image shows an Ariane 5 rocket blasting off from the Kourou Space Centre (Europe spaceport), in Kourou, French Guiana.

How can Europe compete in the global space economy?

21/06/2022

A visitor to VivaTech tries out some of the tech being showcased at the L'Oreal pavilion.

How luxury and beauty brands are embracing the metaverse and new tech

18/06/2022

India is making its first appearance at the VivaTech trade show in Paris, where it features as the “country of the year”.

VivaTech 2022: What makes India’s start-up scene so strong?

17/06/2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech in a 3D hologram projection, at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France June 16, 2022

Zelenskyy hologram urges Big Tech to help Ukraine defeat 'the Empire'

17/06/2022

EU leader are alarmed by the recent spread of false claims about the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 pandemic.

EU strengthens its code of practice to tackle online disinformation

16/06/2022

Teslas were found to crash more than rival companies in driver-assist technology-related crashes.

Tesla Autopilot accounts for nearly 70% of driver-assist crashes in US

16/06/2022

Internet Explorer is being replaced by Microsoft Edge.

Internet Explorer has stopped working - for good

15/06/2022

The ex CEO of Twitter says Web5 will be the future of the internet

Forget Web3. Is Web5 the future of the Internet?

15/06/2022

Quantum ai computers will create jobs for technicians.

Will Artificial Intelligence lead to job losses?

15/06/2022

VivaTech returns to Paris this year.

VivaTech 2022: From climate to Web3, here’s what to expect

15/06/2022

The mast includes a wind turbine and solar panels and could help provide mobile coverage in hard-to-reach places.

UK's first wind-powered mobile phone mast aims to connect 'not-spots'

15/06/2022

Researchers in the United States and South Korea have developed an edible code which could help tackle fake medicines.

This edible QR code could help tackle fake medicines and whisky

14/06/2022

This would be a major milestone for Amazon’s drone delivery project, which has been almost a decade in the making.

Amazon drone deliveries to take off in California this year

14/06/2022

European Inventor Award 2022

The European Inventor Award honours innovators in every field

14/06/2022

Shopping without cashiers is made possible with AI technology

What does the future of shopping with AI look like?

13/06/2022

Google engineer Blake Lemoine claims the company’s AI chatbot is sentient, comparing it to a “7-year-old, 8-year-old kid that happens to know physics”

Is Google’s AI bot sentient? Here’s why one engineer believes it is

13/06/2022

Getting much needed grain stores out of Ukraine is causing a food crisis.

Are floating sea mines in Ukraine making a global food crisis worse?

11/06/2022

The feature is currently only available for iOS users in the United States and Canada on the Amazon shopping app.

Amazon unveils feature that lets you try on shoes virtually

10/06/2022

A robotic finger covered with living skin

Watch: Scientists test 'living skin' on robot that can heal when cut

09/06/2022

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